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| TITLE: |
Whale rider [videorecording] South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in assoication The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; producers, Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hübner ; written & directed by Niki Caro. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate Films ; c2002. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. , 4 3/4 in. |
| NOTES: |
The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, |
| NOTES: |
Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai shows that she possess a natural leadership ability. |
| NOTES: |
DVD |
| ELEC. ACCESS: |
http://watch32.is/movie/dr9lKX2G-whale-rider/openload.html
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| SUBJECT: |
English with Spanish subtitle. |
| SUBJECT: |
Grandparent and child--New Zealand--Whangarei--Drama. |
| SUBJECT: |
Whales--Drama. |
| SUBJECT: |
Chiefdoms--New Zealand. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Caro, Niki |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Hubner, Frank |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Barnett, John |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Sanders, Tim |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Lionsgate Films Inc. |
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